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UNITEDv STATES PATENT Erica;

PHILIP e. HUBERT, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

APARTMENT-HOUSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,493, dated May 17, 1881.

l pplication filed February 28, 1891. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP GENGEMBRE HUBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apartment-Houses, by which the area of iiooring in apartments built on a lot of a given size is much increased, and far better light and ventilation'secu red than would otherwise be possible 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my invent-ion; which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Heretoforeinconstructingapartment-houses thebuildin gis divided horizontally into floors, extending each on the same level over the whole surfaceot' the building, and. known as the iirstf7 sec0nd,7 third77 oor, Ste., each tloor being occupied by one or more apartments. It' the height of ceilings of these floors is made suitable for parlors, libraries, Sac., it is extravagantly high for bed-chambers, kitchens, pantries, bath-rooms, 817e., and much valuable space wasted. If, on theother hand, the height or' the ceilings is made suitable to bed-chambers, kitchens, &c., the effect of the parlors is spoiled by the ceilings being too low andthe front of the house is devoid of all architectural beauty on account of the stories being too numerous and the windows too low to produce a good and imposing effect.

To remedy' these defects my improvements consist in dividinghorizontally the front part of the house into floors of a suitable height for parlors, libraries, dining-rooms, Ste., precisely as in a private house. 4rlhe parlor-floor is made of a suitable height for parlors, while the rear part of the building is divided horizontally into floors of a suitable height for bed-chambers, kitchens, &c., precisely as the basement and upper ioors ot' a private house are made with ceilings of less height than the parlorloor in the same house. In a house thus constructed the rear part of the building will have more oors or stories than the front part, and the front and rear will be connected by suitable stairs, so that an apartment occupying onehalf of the front part of the house will, by descending a few steps, have the Whole ofthe rear, while another apartment occupying the other half of the front part of the house will, by ascending a few steps7 also have the whole of the rear part, but above the rear part belonging to the apartmentfirst mentioned, and both will be kept perfectly distinct and private. By this arrangement each apartment will have a large increase in area-,the height ofthe different rooms will be suitable, and will correspond with the same rooms in private houses, and the front ofthe house will present a tine and imposing effect; besides which the rear part of each apartment will be open to the air and light on three sides and perfect and thorough ventilation be secured.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of my specification, Figure l represents one half of the second tloor front andthe whole of the second door rear in one of my improved apartment houses. Fig. 2 represents the other halfot' the same second iioor front and the whole of the second tloor rear, each forming a separate and complete apartment. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation through the lilies XX of my improved apartment-houses.

G is the cellar of the building. D D is the first floor, which has high ceilings in the front part and lower ceilings in the rear part. This door may be divided or not in the ordinary way. A is the second door front of the building. B is the second licor rear of the building. C is the third oor rear ofthe building.

E E is the third iioor front and fourth floor rear. s represents the steps or short stairs connecting the several front and rear iioors. t is the entrance-door to apartmentAC. fis the entrance-door to apartment A B. H is the public stairs, hall, and elevator.

The dotted and the solid lines are used to distinguish the two apartments, which occupy each one half of the front part of the house and the whole of the rear part thereof. The same horizontal divisions of the building may be repeated a second, third, and fourth time, 85e., making every alternate i'ront iioor run level right through to the rear of the building, and every other front tloor to connect by steps upon one side ofthe house and down on the other, with two floors at the rear set intermediary between the floors running horizontally through the Whole buildin 0.

I am well aware that in private houses the IOO ceilings'ofv the rooms in the rear part of the house are often made lower than the ceilings of the rooms in the front part, and that the second floor rear is -made accessible from the landing of the stairs, and that I do not claim as my invention.

I am also aware that in certain tenementhouses the ioors of the apartments in the rear part of the house are set half-way been the iioors of the apartment in the front part of the house, for the purpose of allowing the apartment at the rear to be reached from the stair landing; but in such houses the front and rear apartments are separate apartments with ceilings of equal height, and this I do not claim as my invention.

What I do claim as my invention is- 1. In apartment-houses, an apartment occupying one half of a floor on the front part of the house and the whole of a rear door in a zo different level, in combination with a second apartment occupying the other half of said oor on the front part of the house and the whole ot' a rear oor immediatelyabove or below the one occupied by the rst apartment.

2. In apartment-houses, the combination of the alternate floors running horizontally through the whole building from front to rear with one intermediate floor in the front part of said building connected by steps or stairs 3o with two intermediate iioors inthe rear part ot said building, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

r. GENGEMBRE HUBERT. [L s] Witnesses:

C. J. SALYAM, E.'D. JENNING. 

